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LeBron Watch continues as predictions indicate Miami is the landing favorite. Who is this decision actually holding up? Gilbert Arenas reveals that Giannis Antetokounmpo believes LeBron James is coming to Miami.
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00:00The LeBron watch.
00:02Nothing changed over the weekend.
00:04He, you know, we know that he was a fanatics.
00:07He seemed to be trolling everybody with his answers.
00:10He dropped to trust the process at one point.
00:13Got the money on a lather.
00:15He dropped sunny days.
00:17Sunny days.
00:18He used Pat Riley's main thing as the main thing a bunch of times.
00:24The thing that was interesting is the odds market for LeBron James.
00:30Swung for the first time all the way to Miami.
00:34And there was a lot of stuff on Friday from like Windhorse and Stephen A.
00:38Smith.
00:38A lot of people were getting behind the Miami, the LeBron to Miami thing.
00:42And for the first time ever, Cleveland was supplanted as the favorite.
00:46They, uh, the, the, the heat at one point were like 55% on Cal.
00:51She, Cal, she went like Cal, she went crazy, even on hard rock bet though.
00:55They were, they became the favorite for the first time.
00:58And actually I just checked.
00:59I don't know if this is still the case, but you can't even bet it right now.
01:02LeBron James, uh, the odds on hard rock bet have been locked.
01:07So that's a little eyebrow raising as well.
01:09It seems like they're, they're about to do a reshuffling either of the odds or maybe they
01:14know something's happening soon.
01:16I don't know, hard to say, uh, on Cal, she currently, they are 46%, 47%, Cleveland is
01:2731%, golden state, 14%, and Philadelphia is 9%.
01:31Now, just to get rid of the Cal, she, the way it works, it is peer to peer.
01:35It is just people going off of, uh, it's not necessarily an indicator that people know
01:41something, but you know, rumors definitely swing very hot and heavy on Cal, she more
01:48so than anything.
01:49Like it'll be here one day and then it'll go all the other hard rocks a little bit
01:54more, um, Oh, bunch of guys sitting in the room talking about odds.
01:59Right.
02:00So the fact that it went all the way to, to, to the top on hard rock is like, uh,
02:04is
02:04definitely eyebrow raising probably means a lot of money came in on the heat.
02:09Yeah.
02:09I don't know.
02:10And that makes you wonder like, what do people know?
02:13Do people know something?
02:14Cause it kind of feels like everybody on the reporting side is just taking shots in the
02:18dark at this point.
02:19Um, the only guy who's not saying anything, but it's definitely like changes tune has been
02:24windows.
02:24He's been very like, you know, Miami makes a lot of sense.
02:28He's not saying LeBron's going there, but he's been changing.
02:31Like he's been putting that out in the ether a lot.
02:35So I don't know, man, I don't know what to make of all of this.
02:39Again, I've always thought that it was that, that Cleveland was the, uh, was the, was the
02:43lead, the lead pony to beat, but maybe he got to look at James Harden at fanatics.
02:48And he's like, I can't believe in that.
02:50But that's the thing.
02:52Harden still has a sign.
02:53So basically it's almost as if Cleveland saying, if I, we get LeBron hard, it's not coming
02:58back to clean.
02:59Maybe going to be one guy dominating the ball and it's going to be LeBron, but, uh, it's
03:05your boy.
03:05It's Pat, Pat last week in the press conference with Giannis, I think made everybody change,
03:11start changing their mind when he said landing another plane and the way he was all giddy.
03:16And then he's dropping the battle rap bars saying, you know, I don't want to get knocked out
03:19by bam, making a reference to Tyler.
03:22See, that's, that's peacocking.
03:24That's Roswell.
03:25He's very comfortable right now.
03:27He's very comfortable.
03:28Like he's really comfortable.
03:30Cause he knows what's going to happen.
03:32Are you comfortable?
03:32Cause he got, you know, you got Giannis, but if you got Giannis and you know that, that
03:37another, there's another piece dropping.
03:39Yeah.
03:39That's the same way he was peacocking in 2010 when he knew he got D Wade and Bosch and he
03:43knew the third big, the third one was about to drop.
03:46Giannis is like, so about it too.
03:48Like, that's the other thing, Giannis, like he loves LeBron and he's sitting here.
03:53Like they, he put out these videos this week talking about the Harlem shit.
03:56And then he's like, he's like, this is where the Harlem shake was.
03:59This is iconic.
04:00Like he's fanboying being on the heat right now.
04:03Real like Giannis Harlem shake started in Harlem.
04:06Really?
04:06Well, I'm telling you, but we all, Hey, Hey, Vlad, isn't it ironic that that's like saying
04:13Buffalo wings started in, in Vegas.
04:15You're right.
04:17The name of the, the name is in, it's in the name.
04:21Everybody in basketball remembers the Miami heat Harlem shake.
04:24Everybody remembers that one.
04:27The, the, them going around the locker room, bird man, horse, or not LeBron with the crown
04:32D way with the bear head.
04:34I mean, everybody remembers that video.
04:36And that's the thing is like, these guys, it's kind of crazy.
04:39Cause like, you look back at that team and these guys were all like teenagers when this
04:44team was, was going on and like, what an impact.
04:46Bobby Porter's made note of this too.
04:47I mean, he got in trouble when he got drafted about it.
04:51And I don't know.
04:52Then listen, I take very much what this guy says with a grain of salt.
04:55Cause he'll just say Gilbert arenas, but Gilbert arenas was like hobnobbing with Giannis.
05:00And he says, according to him, he says, Giannis thinks that they're getting them according
05:04to us.
05:04So it's secondary, but Gilbert, uh, Gilbert arena says Giannis left him with the impression
05:12that he thinks the heater getting, uh, getting LeBron, excuse me.
05:15So I don't know.
05:17I don't know, dude.
05:18I don't know.
05:20There's a, I, I, and, uh, I, I don't know when a decision is going to happen.
05:25People, some people are saying speculating that it might happen today.
05:28Um, who knows, who knows?
05:31It's just, it's just, it must feel good for LeBron to be on your own schedule and everybody
05:38just waiting for you.
05:39Yeah.
05:40Right.
05:41Anyway, I'm sick and tired of people saying, Oh, make up your decision.
05:44You know what?
05:45You would have been bitching and complaining if this wasn't going on saying, Oh, when
05:48is training camp going to open?
05:50When is training camp going to open?
05:51At least he gave you something to talk about for that time period between, you know, the
05:57finals to the, uh, to training camp beginning.
05:59At least you've had something to talk about other than the world cup.
06:02So I think that he does want it.
06:05I think he will pick it before football goes.
06:06I think even LeBron is, is keen enough to recognize, even though he's the biggest athlete
06:11in the world or a biggest American athlete that football's King and everyone's going
06:16to be turning their attention next week to training camp.
06:18So it does feel like this week should be the week who did it worse him or Aaron Rogers,
06:26which one just as far as making a decision on no way.
06:32Because remember, uh, he went, uh, was it last summer?
06:38Yeah.
06:39It's Aaron Rogers is a pain in the ass.
06:41Well, here's the thing.
06:41This is the other thing with LeBron though.
06:43See, in past years, you could get like annoyed about stuff like this.
06:48Cause it's like, well, LeBron, other people have to make moves.
06:52LeBron's not holding anybody up.
06:53Like he's going to sign for, I guess at the most half of the mid-level exception.
06:58Right.
06:59By the way, everybody stands right now in their cap.
07:01So it's not like LeBron's holding up anybody else's free aid, I guess, except for DeMar DeRozan.
07:06That's it.
07:06The only person who's held up right now is DeMar DeRozan.
07:09Who's getting paid.
07:10Right.
07:10He's yeah, he's, he's cool.
07:11So he's not really costing anybody anything.
07:15It's, it's, it's not like, oh, we can't make any other trades.
07:18Cause we need to know what's going to happen with LeBron.
07:20No.
07:20Like the teams know.
07:21Yeah.
07:22And Aaron Rogers, they had to go find another quarterback.
07:25Yeah.
07:25Aaron Rogers was like, uh, do we, do we drive somebody?
07:28Do we sign somebody?
07:29What do we do here?
07:30All right.
07:31I got you.
07:32It's crazy.
07:32How many more things he's, he's done just like Brett Favre.
07:38Nobody.
07:39It's that green Bay water.
07:41It's that green Bay water.
07:42Maybe.
07:44It's not good.
07:44Malik Willis is from that.
07:46He's from that green Bay water.
07:48Remember when Aaron Rogers just decided the only week I want to meet, uh, miss is the mandatory
07:52week just to go to Egypt.
07:56Could have gotten any other week.
07:57He's like, no, I have.
07:58And then the coach covered it up and said, no, no, no.
08:01We had an understanding.
08:02Right.
08:03But now I will say this.
08:06It's not that big of a deal that that happened.
08:10Right.
08:11Because I've seen players talk to the coach and, and, and figure out, you know, what they're
08:22going to do in the summer.
08:24And, and so if they had other obligations or whatever, they'll go to the coach and say,
08:29Hey, I'm going to come three weeks before minicamp, three weeks after.
08:35So you're going to get me for six weeks.
08:37Right.
08:38But I'm going to miss those three days.
08:40And the coach is like, all right, fine.
08:43Right.
08:44Um, versus a player that says, all right, then I ain't coming for nothing else, but
08:51the mandatory stuff.
08:54A moonlight says Adam silver is being held up.
08:57Oh yeah.
08:57That, that to me was got like, if I was LeBron James and I heard Adam silver whining about
09:01that, I'll take another month just because Adam silver came away.
09:05So sniveling.
09:06He's like, we can't make the schedule without knowing what LeBron is going to do.
09:11He's 41, dude.
09:13You figure it out.
09:14You know what?
09:15But he'd have young timeout.
09:19So that doesn't matter.
09:20Oh, they're going to do the, uh, no, Leroy, just because they have, you know, LeBron is
09:26bigger than all those names.
09:27Okay.
09:28So therefore whatever team he's going to play for those networks would want to, uh, showcase
09:34many of his games.
09:36So if LeBron, so if LeBron, you need to know what game, what team he's playing, if he's
09:42going to have Knicks Cleveland opening night, that's fine.
09:45But don't whine about it.
09:46Like, don't, don't be sniveling.
09:48Be like, Ooh, he's like, he's here.
09:51Here's what I hate about this.
09:52You're only saying that because your team is involved in this.
09:54If your team wasn't involved in this, you would be agreeing with it.
09:58Vlad, here's what I hate.
10:00I hate a guy complaining about somebody that has every right to do what he's doing.
10:07Right?
10:08We may say that, but he don't.
10:09No, he doesn't.
10:10He may not.
10:11LeBron doesn't?
10:12No.
10:13He can wait as long as he wants.
10:14He's a free agent.
10:17Okay.
10:19He's not, he's not getting a max contract.
10:21He's getting a mid-level exception.
10:23He can draw this out as long as he wants.
10:25It doesn't, but yeah, but the schedule needs to come out.
10:28Why does he care about that?
10:29He shouldn't care about that.
10:31You're going to care because you want to make as much money as you can.
10:34It's all about bread.
10:36No, I understand the league.
10:37But you already have the deal.
10:38I understand the league, but what does that have to do with LeBron?
10:41If LeBron James is in the Miami heat, guess what's the first game of the season going to be?
10:46Vlad, you're missing my point.
10:47The point, no, I'm not missing your point.
10:49The point is the league would like to move on.
10:51Guess what?
10:52Let me ask you this.
10:53Let me ask you this.
10:54Oh my goodness.
10:55I love the way you come up with situations for a player that has every right to do what he's
11:01doing.
11:01And I take that away from you.
11:02You know what's funny?
11:03Aaron Rodgers has every right to do it, but you be bitching and complaining.
11:06No, that's not what I bitch and complain about.
11:08The point is, no, Vlad.
11:09The difference when Aaron Rodgers does it, they don't have that position filled.
11:13Also, what is.
11:14It's not about TV.
11:15What does Adam Silver have to do?
11:18Do nothing with the Kawhi Leonard investigation?
11:20Like what's, what is he being held up doing?
11:23Like that would change it from doing it next week to the week after.
11:27What's he doing right now?
11:28He's not doing nothing.
11:29He's just sitting up there doing press conferences and he's sitting up there telling you guys how he's going to
11:34make Euro basket.
11:35Like he's literally up to 0.0 right now.
11:38Why?
11:39Because he wants to go to, he wants to go hobnob in Australia or something like that.
11:43Hey, you wait a week, Adam.
11:45He doesn't, he's doing nothing in these investigations anyway.
11:48He hires a law firm to do it.
11:50He's acting like he's so burdened by it.
11:53You got to switch 13 games.
11:55Oh, what a, oh, poor Adam Silver.
11:57The NFL, listen.
11:58Hey, they switch it.
11:59But Vlex, these games.
12:00The NFL said the same thing.
12:02The guy that does the schedule said that.
12:03Anyway, they switch these games anyway.
12:07Like if your team sucks and you had a whole bunch of primetime games, they move them.
12:12Okay, so then let me ask you this.
12:14That's why the guy in the NFL schedule is like, well, we like to know where, if Aaron Rodgers is
12:18going to appear because we like to know where, where to play him.
12:22There's a reason why Pittsburgh played the Jets week one.
12:25Why?
12:26Aaron was returning.
12:27You know what would be a good storyline?
12:29Aaron going against the team he just played against.
12:31You couldn't figure that out.
12:32You couldn't figure out.
12:33In today's day and age, like we got to act like there's one corkboard up with the schedule.
12:38Like there's probably three AI versions that they could do if LeBron goes to three different teams.
12:43People would like to start planning their schedule.
12:45The same way we love to hear the NFL schedule.
12:47No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
12:48You can't say no, no, no.
12:50You can't say that.
12:50I tell you from a player, I'm always going to defend a player to have the right to do what
12:57he wants when he's a free agent.
12:59And I'm going to defend a fan.
13:00And as a fan, I'm going to defend a fan.
13:04You think, wait, if he waited a little bit longer but came to Miami, you think the Miami fans would
13:11care?
13:13No, the Miami fans.
13:15If he came to Miami, no, the Miami fans won't care.
13:17If he waited until the last moment and went to Cleveland, you think the Cleveland fans would care?
13:23No, one particular fan base won't care while 29 will.
13:27Well, but he ain't coming there.
13:29He ain't going there.
13:30One fan base, people would like, if it's his final year, if it's like schedule, you like to start planning.
13:35You would like, people would like to start planning, getting their affairs all in order.
13:40So LeBron should care about that?
13:41I understand, though.
13:42But like, Vlad, he's been doing, like, you've been the number one star in the league for 24 years, right?
13:48And you still have the commissioner coming hat in hand being like, please, LeBron, make your decision so we can
13:55put it together.
13:55It's like, dude, you got Wembenyama, you got all these guys.
13:59I'll make it when I make it.
14:00Like, just, like, don't bother me telling me, oh, you have to go because you have to go vacation in
14:05Napa Valley.
14:06You got to go wine tasting, Adam Silver.
14:10I'll make a decision when I will, please.
14:13Whatever it is.
14:14I love, I will care.
14:15Whatever it is.
14:16If this decision, he doesn't come to Miami, I want to see if you're feeling the same.
14:20I don't care.
14:21I will.
14:23I will.
14:24It doesn't matter to me.
14:25Like, I'm going to go to the home games regardless.
14:27It doesn't mean anything to me.
14:29You're going to get that.
14:29But you like, they like to set out the schedule, bro.
14:32The same way we all look out for the NFL.
14:33They'll adjust.
14:34The NFL schedule will come out.
14:36They'll adjust very easily.
14:38It's not about adjusting.
14:39It's not about adjusting.
14:41Why not?
14:41Because right now, they probably have New York, Philadelphia, or New York, Boston as opening night.
14:49But if LeBron James goes to Miami, New York and Miami could be opening night.
14:55There's something.
14:56Or something that, or something that, uh, something different.
14:59It's all about opening.
15:00You know what they do opening night.
15:01Opening week.
15:02They try to set up the narratives and the drama.
15:05I get you.
15:06But there's something ironic about Adam Silver wanting clarity and more information on things.
15:10When the Miami Heat would have liked more clarity and information on a Terry Rozier investigation.
15:14He decided to keep that under wraps.
15:16It's interesting.
15:17That's all I'm saying.
15:18You know, now he wants all this information.
15:19No, I'm just saying.
15:20It's interesting.
15:21He wants all this information and clarity.
15:23All of a sudden, he's Mr. Clarity.
15:25All of a sudden.
15:26Your argument with Adam Silver, it's always going to be about Terry Rozier.
15:29So, I know that with you.
15:31That, that, that, I know I'm going to get that with you.
15:34But.
15:35I hate that guy, man.
15:35But schedule wise, I can understand the league being like, okay, I'd like to know when you're
15:40going to make a decision.
15:41If, if, if you're making decisions based on what the league is doing with their schedule.
15:48Right.
15:49Like the Wayne experience.
15:50It could be Miami, Miami versus Milwaukee opening week.
15:54And LeBron should hurry up with his decision because of that.
15:57They would like to.
15:58Yeah.
15:59Dude, there's four teams.
16:00You're not going.
16:01It's 24 years.
16:02You've been in this for 24 years.
16:05Stop it.
16:06We'll,
16:06It's Col ignorance.
16:07It's in the team.
16:07Steve.
16:07Well,